Martirano Awardees
Recent Winners
2023 AWARDS
Anna-Louise Walton, Basket of Figs for soprano, flute, and clarinet (First Prize)
Louis J. Goldford, Mauvaise Foi for soprano, chamber ensemble, and electronics (Second Prize)
Lina Tonia, Magna Carta Libertatum for chamber ensemble (Third Prize)
2023 JURY
Carlos R. Carrillo Cotto (Associate Professor, Composition-Theory Area and Co-Director, Illinois Modern Ensemble, University of Illinois)
Nickitas Demos (Professor and Coordinator of Composition Studies, Georgia State University and Artistic Director of the neoPhonia new music ensemble)
Ju-Ping Song (Pianist and Founder and Artistic Director of the NakedEye Ensemble)
2022 AWARDS
Timothy Roy, “dans les dents de la guivre” for harp, multichannel electronics, and lighting (First Prize)
Emre Sihan Kaleli, “Adjacent rooms, a part of a labyrinth” for chamber ensemble (Second Prize)
Tomasz Skweres, “Event Horizon” for chamber ensemble (Third Prize)
2022 JURY
David Rosenboom (Composer-Performer and Roy E. Disney Family Chair in Musical Composition at The Herb Alpert School of Music, California Institute of the Arts)
Elizabeth McNutt (Flutist and Principal Lecturer at UNT College of Music, and Director of the Nova Ensemble and Director of Sounds Modern)
Reynold Tharp (Composer and Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Composition-Theory at the University of Illinois)
Previous Awards
2021 AWARDS
Luis Quintana, “Smudges over dripping ink” for piano and ensemble (First Prize)
Utku Asuroglu, “In Between” for chamber ensemble and electronics (Second Prize)
Paul Novak, “as the light begins to drift” for sinfonietta (Honorable Mention)
2021 JURY
Erik Lund (Professor Emeritus, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Stephen Taylor (Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Nina Young, (Assistant Professor, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, and winner of the 2014 Martirano Award)
2020 AWARDS
Zhuosheng Jin, “A Piece of Watermelon” for soprano and six instrumentalists (First Prize)
Stylianos Dimou, “les instances” for large ensemble and diffused, synthesized sounds (Second Prize)
2020 JURY
Eli Fieldsteel (Assistant Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Andrea Solya (Associate Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Sever Tipei (Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
2019 AWARDS
Joshua Hey, “I am in here” for violin and cello (First Prize)
Katherine Balch, “Prelude” for piano and cello (Second Prize)
Selim Goncu, “Widerklang” for bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello (Third Prize)
2019 JURY
Darragh Morgan (violinist – London Sinfonietta, Smith Quartet, and Fidelio Trio)
Kerrith Livengood (Teaching Assistant Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Guido Sanchez-Portuguez (Lecturer of Guitar, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Reynold Tharp (Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Music, University of Illinois)
2018 AWARDS
David Clay Mettens, “Without Air” for flute, viola, cello, harp, and percussion (First Prize)
Charles Peck, “Sunburst” for piano quartet (Second Prize)
2018 JURY
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez (Visiting Professor, University of Illinois and Assistant Professor of Music, Western Illinois University)
Carla Scaletti (President, Symbolic Sound Corporation)
Stephen Taylor (Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Sever Tipei (Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Scott Wyatt (Professor Emeritus, School of Music, University of Illinois)
2017 AWARDS
Oren Boneh, “Winter Walks That Gravel My Voice” for viola and chamber ensemble (First Prize)
Igor Santos, “Two Two” for chamber ensemble (Second Prize)
David Bird, “Drop” for string octet and strobe lights with electronics (Third Prize)
2017 JURY
Steven Everett (Dean of the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago)
Yayoi Uno Everett (Professor of Music, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Carlos Carrillo (Assistant Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Erik Lund (Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
Heinrich Taube (Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
2016 AWARDS
James O’Callaghan, “Among Am A” for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and electronics (First Prize)
Nicola Straffelini, “Labyrinth Song” for piccolo, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano (Second Prize)
2016 JURY
Morgan Powell (Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois)
Benjamin Grosser (Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois)
Lydia Khuri (Program Director, Global Crossroads, Health Professions, Intersections and Women in Math, Science, and Engineering Living-Learning Communities, University of Illinois)
Susan Parenti (Educational Coordinator at the School for the Design of a New Society)
Sever Tipei (Professor, School of Music, University of Illinois)
2015
Matthew Ricketts, “Flat Line” for 15 players (First Prize)
Anthony Vine, “For Agnes Martin” for 7 players and cassette tapes (Second Prize)
2014
Nina C. Young, “Traced Upon Cinders” for 13 musicians (First Prize)
Aurélio Edler-Copes, “Encore Seule” for soprano and 5 musicians (Second Prize)
David Coll, “Act” for soprano and 12 players (Third Prize)
2013
Luís Antunes Pena, “im rauschen rot” for cb., perc. quartet and electronics (First Prize)
Daniel Moreira, “The King from Papatua” for ensemble and baritone (Second Prize)
Alexander Khubeev, “Sounds of the dark time” for ob., cl., bsn., pno., 2 vls., vla. and vc. (Third Prize)
2012
Michael Seltenreich, “Sparks and Flairs” for fl., cl., perc., pno., vn. and vc. (First Prize)
Stephen Yip, “Dark Side of the Shadows” for bass cl., vc., and pno. (Second Prize)
2011
Louis Franz Aguirre, “Ochosi” for string quartet (First Prize)
Marcin Stanczyk, “Nibiru” (Second Prize,
Julien-Robert Legault Salvail, “Chute libre” (Third Prize)
2010
Josep Maria Guix, “Evening Wind” four haikus for chamber ensemble (First Prize)
Alexandre Lunsqui, “Drawings for Ibere” (Second Prize)
Samuel Nichols, “Refuge” (Third Prize)
Carlos Michans, “Trois Visions Tantriques”(Honorable Mention)
2009
Michael Klingbeil, “Tear of the Clouds” (First Prize)
Vladimir Rannev, “Variations on an Impulse” (Second Prize)
Geoff Knorr, “Of Consonance and Contention” (Honorable Mention)
Christopher Bailey, “Walking Down the Hillside at Cortona, and Seeing its Tower Rise Before Me”(Honorable Mention)
2008
Abel Paúl, “fragmentos del vértigo” (First Prize)
Sungji Hong, “Shades of Raindrops” (Second Prize)
Carl Bettendorf, “Inner Life” (Third Prize)
2007
Takeo Hoshiya, “Instability Principle” (First Prize)
So Jeong Ahn, “Ssa-reng, ui…”(Second Prize)
Christopher Arrell, “Argot” (Honorable Mention)
2006
Douglas Boyce, “102nd & Amsterdam” (First Prize)
Jorge Garcia del Valle Mendez, “seok yang jong” (Second Prize)
Calogero Panvino, “Sonata 101” (Honorable mention)
Nicholas Paul Vines, “Dolmen for a New Albion” (Honorable Mention)
2005 Steven Rice, “Murmurs from Limbo”
2004 Robert Yamasato, “Scherzo”
2003 Edward Top, “String Quartet”
2002 Yumiko Juvigny, “Out of Dark Lair”
2001 Orlando Jacinto Garcia, “Paisaje del Sonido II
2000 Sophia Serghi, “Sizzle”
1999 Craig T. Walsh, “0 to 33 in 1045.5” and Keith Moore, “A Vagrant on Every Floor”
1998 Karim Al-Zand, “String Quartet”
1997 Jason Eckardt, “Echoes’ White Veil”